owlsbooks Chapter 216 The Blood Moon is Approaching
Chapter 216 The Blood Moon is Approaching
With prior intelligence support, Platinum mobilized its idle unmanned combat groups and headed north along the highway toward the western city of Jask Port.
In order to clear the zombies in this area as quickly as possible, Platinum directly mobilized the truck artillery group that was waiting nearby, and used thermobaric and high-explosive shells to directly flatten this 2.84 square kilometer L-shaped urban area.
The shelling used more than 300 rounds of various types of ammunition and more than 400 units of high-energy explosives, completely leveling all densely populated residential areas in the region.
Next, the unmanned combat swarm entered the scene and began clearing out the surrounding small settlements. At the same time, it worked with the accompanying engineering machinery to clean up the debris in the area.
After the artillery fire subsided, the fastest to arrive at the battlefield was a formation of four Peregrine-20 assault helicopters.
Two heavy artillery robot teams, one engineering robot team, and a large amount of engineering materials were deployed to this still scorching land.
Braving the lingering heat, the robots built a sturdy shelter on the bridge connecting the two sides of the city.
During the construction of this bunker, two heavy-fire squads used their light and heavy machine guns to tear apart hundreds of zombies that had been attracted by the sound.
Then, two support robots armed with flamethrowers climbed over the cover and, under the cover of machine guns, used their flamethrowers to set the pile of fallen zombies on fire.
A huge torch was lit on the bridge, and then burned brighter and brighter. In the darkness of the night, a large number of zombies were attracted by the firelight and ran out from all parts of the city, rushing into the huge flames like moths.
Meanwhile, the reconnaissance aircraft at an altitude of 10,000 meters observed everything on the ground in real time and naturally recorded this peculiar sight.
The images taken at night were processed by Cleveland, and after identification, it was found that a considerable number of aquatic animal zombies crawled out of the riverbank and, together with other humanoid zombies, became fuel for the fire.
The next morning, Bai Jin, who was reviewing briefings in the command center, secretly noted down this method.
While reconnaissance aircraft were dispatched to investigate the surrounding situation, the robots used high-powered water pumps provided by the engineering team to forcibly extinguish the fire on the bridge.
After the flames were extinguished, the engineering robots went forward to inspect the condition of the bridge. Once they confirmed that it was still passable, the engineering convoy moved forward and loaded the still-burnt zombies and ashes into the cargo bed of the heavy trucks.
The remaining zombies were divided into two groups. One group was transported to a large lawn near the eastern urban center of Jask Port, while the other group was transported to a shallow area west of the railway distribution center.
As night fell, the support robot stepped forward and used a flamethrower to ignite two smaller torches, and the effect of these two torches burning far exceeded Platinum's expectations.
When Lorraine and Platinum re-entered the command center, the two enormous flames displayed on the console screen startled them.
The torch in the city center has covered the entire lawn of more than 1 square meters, and the shape of the torch spread out has become a water droplet dripping from the river towards the train distribution center.
At this moment, the two opened the summary report provided by Cleveland, which showed that there were almost no zombies within a 1-kilometer radius above and below the torch.
Because the fire on the lawn was too large, Lorraine did not have the engineering robots extinguish the flames. Instead, he sent the unmanned combat swarm across the bridge to inspect the situation in the urban area surrounding the torch.
Soon, Cleveland compiled the situation in the surrounding urban areas and presented it to the two people in the command center.
After reading the report, Lorraine let out a long sigh.
"When I first met Ouyang Nian, we set off a zombie fire. Now I've forgotten that fire attracts zombies."
[1. The blood moon is about to rise. Countdown: 3 days, 9 hours, and 18 minutes]
[2. At coordinates 138.665981, -34.980195, there is a large reservoir inside the mountain, storing abundant biological resources.]
[3. At 338 degrees northwest, 270 kilometers away, deep in the bay, lies a heavy industrial city. Surrounding it is a large sea salt factory and four mines of varying sizes and mineral resources. The area beneath the mines is safe.]
【4.坐标：-23.024132，132.648926处，巨石阵系统正在被攻击，预计25天12小时23分后弹药耗尽而毁。】
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"How come the blood moon arrived so quickly? How many days have passed?"
However, since the Red Earth Federation is adjacent to the equator, the climate here does not change much, so Lorraine did not know how much time had passed.
Lorraine shook his head, ceasing his investigation, and secretly instructed Cleveland to begin collecting flammable materials.
Despite the impending blood moon, Lorraine remained calm. After all, the flagship was about to be upgraded, and they were expected to return to the brand-new flagship by noon the following day.
The reason for the extended upgrade time for the flagship is that Lorraine replaced its electromagnetic armor, pure hydrogen gas turbine, and production and regeneration equipment.
However, the most urgent task now is to quickly scout out the surrounding situation, determine the number of zombies around each city, and find a suitable safe haven for the fleet.
Lorraine then took over command, and one after another, Grey Falcon drones were launched from the amphibious assault ship and flew over the area surrounding the flagship.
The drones that were waiting near the port of Jask were the first to find a suitable port for the fleet to dock.
This is a semi-enclosed sea area formed by three peninsulas, next to which is a large coal mine and smelter.
According to the reconnaissance results from the airborne command aircraft, there are neither silicon-based organisms that devour minerals nor burrowing worms hiding underground in this area.
The next step is to determine how many zombies are hiding in the jungle near this sea area.
After reconnoitering the coal mine, the airborne command aircraft returned to Airport No. 2 and was equipped with a synthetic aperture radar pod capable of penetrating the jungle.
After the energy was replenished, the air command aircraft took off again. After takeoff, it first surveyed the densely forested mountains surrounding Kanna.
During the reconnaissance mission from the airborne command aircraft, Lorraine left the command center and went to the deck of the amphibious assault ship. Looking at the map of Kanna City on his helmet, Lorraine began to search for a suitable location to set up the torches.
At the same time, Ouyang Nian was also called back by Lorraine and began to study a "lighter" that could be airdropped and had the ability to spray fire over a large area and a sound-emitting device.
These devices were not simply created to welcome the Blood Moon, but rather to efficiently eliminate zombies.
In Lorraine's vision, these lighters would be deployed to designated locations by helicopter.
As night fell, these lighters first made noise to attract scattered zombies. Once the sensors detected enough zombies, the flamethrower activated, turning the surrounding zombies into a giant torch, and then using the flames to attract more zombies from the surrounding area.